Scientists Discover Deep-Sea Bacteria Has a Metabolism Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before CARLY CASSELLA 3 APRIL 2020 A curious kind of bacteria found on the floor of the deep ocean might have a metabolism unlike anything we’ve seen before. Known...

NATURE Ocean Creatures Have Been Protecting Us From Millions of Viruses This Entire Time PETER DOCKRILL 31 MARCH 2020 It’s fair to say that the world has had more than enough of viruses right now. Unfortunately, the converse is not necessarily true. The...

Marine species on the move as oceans warm Since pre-industrial times, the world’s oceans have warmed by an average of one degree Celsius (1°C). Now researchers report in Current Biology on March 26th that those rising temperatures have led to widespread changes...

Photo of the Week – March 23rd 2020 Surgeon Fish – This fish has a sharp ‘knife’ near the tail (orange). This knife is folded inside the fish when not needed, but then can be popped out when fighting for territory with other...

NATURE The Largest Mass Migration on The Planet Happens Every Single Day, And We Never See It PETER DOCKRILL 20 MARCH 2020 At night, they rise. As the Sun disappears over the horizon, a vast movement takes place in the world’s oceans, as countless sea creatures...